Upcoming All-LLC Competition Event

This week is an important week for our LLC students- registration! Registering for class next semester. Our LLC students are able to register early as being a member. Good luck everyone! 

Also the LLC Advisors from all colleges on campus have been planning a Competition Event as our last event of the semester! Students are excited! All LLC students are invited to attend and anyone can come watch the fun!

1st Annual All LLC Competition Event

Fun games and activities such as dodgeball, the climbing wall, wheelchair races, and more! Everyone who attends will receive an individual prize!

Who: All LLC students 

Where: The Rec Center

Date: Sunday, April 12th

Time: 12pm-2pm

Food will be provided! Winning teams will receive a prize!

Cultural Awareness for the Health Professions

Last night our Health Professions Collaborative (HLC) Living Learning Community had guest speakers present at our March meeting. Our guest speakers were Rebecca Parillo, the Director of Global Education, and Jonathan Locust, the Director of Institutional Diversity.

To say we all had a good time would be an understatement. We all had a great time! So fun! Rebecca and Jonathan provided an educational presentation which was fun and humorous while creating cultural awareness for students in their professional experiences.

The one hour program addressed how cultural differences and diversity is part of every health profession, and students worked together in groups to identify how they would respond in particular case scenarios related to nursing and health science professions. They did a great job! Groups worked together as teams, engaged in critical thinking, and utilized resources to help them with problem solving.

Overall it was a great time get together. Food, laughing, learning, and giveaways... and historically, most of our LLC gatherings include all these factors. In the picture below, Emily Wood and Brittney Miller won big prizes (AU polos!) from our last event- the tailgate for the Women's Basketball Game.

Our April events will wrap up the semester and include a Pizza Party on April 15 at the Mansfield Campus, College of Nursing. Also we will be having a FUN gathering with ALL campus LLC's with games, activities, rock climbing, etc. 

Co-Curricular Events

Every semester all the Living Learning Communities from every college get together for fun events outside of the classroom! This week we attended the Women's Basketball Game but we met beforehand for snacks & water, and giveaways!

This picture includes the LLC students from all colleges who were able to make the game, along with the Advisors from different colleges. 

The Living Learning Community presents a unique opportunity for students to connect with other like-minded students in the classroom and out of the classroom- like these co-curricular events! This recent co-curricular event to the Women's Basketball Game was a fun outing just like in the fall semester!

Below is a picture of LLC students from the Health Professions Collaborative participating in the October HeartChase event in order to raise money and awareness for heart health. 

The three students on the right are in the LLC, and they brought their friend, the student on the left, for fun!

The HeartChase event consisted of running all around campus and the community completing challenges and obstacles with your team. It was so fun!

For more information about each college's Living Learning Community, click on the links below:

Health Professions Collaborative

College of Business and Economics

College of Arts and Sciences

College of Education 

An Evening of Science and Technology for our Health Professionals

The Health Professions Collaborative LLC shared an evening of science and it's role in the various health professions. Topics discussed included innovations in technology for monitoring, treating, and adapting to illnesses and conditions.  In addition, the global impact of the recent Ebola outbreak in Liberia, West Africa was discussed.

The evening included discussions, videos and experiences related to science and technology in the various health professions. Content addressed went beyond typical classroom course content. 

LLC Students Participate in Holiday Festivities

Last week the (Health Professions Collaborative) HPC-LLC joined some other student organizations within the college for some holiday festivities. It allowed members of these student organizations to integrate and meet new people. Not only was there food, food and more food, but there were philanthropy donations, door prizes, games, and holiday activities.

Here in this picture is the holiday "stained glass" station. Students colored for relaxation (which they loved!) and then made their pictures into stained glass lookalikes.

Towards the end of the evening after the ornament exchange, it was picture time! Here is a picture of current and past HPC-LLC members who attended the holiday party- plus the two current advisors.

Fall 2014 Semester- from Orientation to Finals

There is only one month left until finals week and the Living Learning Communities have been busy this semester! It's hard to believe that it was only three short months ago we were all meeting each other during our Orientation:

This is the Health Professions Collaborative (HPC) LLC participating in an ice breaker activity with Co-Advisor, Laura Kruger. 

This semester has been busy! All the LLC groups meet monthly, host academic learning events, and social events too! We are all already planning for the spring semester. It will be lots of fun. Stay tuned, we will be sharing more of our fun activities soon!

Campus Living Learning Communities Joined for Homecoming Pizza, Pizza, Pizza!

The Ashland University LLCs:  CASA, COBE Connection, Teacher Network, and Health Professions Collaborative, spent the morning together during the AU Homecoming event in October.  Pictured includes L - R:  Terry Rumker (advisor of the COBE Connection, Susan Stewart (advisor of the Teacher Network), Laura Kruger and Karen Estridge (advisors of Health Professions Collaborative), Sue Dickson (co-advisor of CASA), and student Austin Yoho.  Various snacks for the football game were given to student members as well as various door prizes like T-shirts and AU water bottles.